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Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
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Lammas School
- Pupils on roll
- 462of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 125
- Ofsted
- Report card, 10 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lammas School and Sixth Form (URN 133287, until 1 April 2018).
What the data says
Lammas School has no sixth form. Of the 122 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 20% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 36.3 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Waltham Forest and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lammas School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 122 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 20% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 5% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lammas School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 36.3 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 18% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.02 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 46% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 33.0 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.2 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 58% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 126 | 100% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 51% |
| English Language | 126 | 100% | 89% | 10% | 20% | 56% |
| English Literature | 120 | 96% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 85% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 39% |
| Business Studies | 80 | 64% | 18% | 0% | 20% | 29% |
| Religious Studies | 53 | 42% | 31% | 9% | 32% | 58% |
| Sociology | 46 | 37% | 4% | 4% | 21% | 46% |
| Geography | 42 | 34% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 31% |
| Art and Design | 42 | 34% | 7% | 2% | 24% | 19% |
| History | 42 | 34% | 41% | 12% | 26% | 45% |
| Physical Education | 32 | 26% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 38% |
| Citizenship Studies | 27 | 22% | 3% | 4% | 19% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 21% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 23% |
| Chemistry | 14 | 11% | 23% | 29% | 47% | 93% |
| Physics | 14 | 11% | 23% | 14% | 46% | 100% |
| Spanish | 14 | 11% | 19% | 57% | 27% | 86% |
| Biology | 14 | 11% | 23% | 21% | 45% | 93% |
| French | 14 | 11% | 18% | 7% | 29% | 57% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 11% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 43% |
| Drama | 7 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Turkish | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 8 | — | — |
A levels and other level 3 courses
A level subjects
Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 6 | — | 23% |
| Chemistry | — | — | 17% |
| Computer Science | — | — | 5% |
| Economics | — | — | 13% |
| English Literature | — | — | 11% |
| Politics | — | — | 6% |
| Mathematics | — | — | 31% |
| Sociology | — | — | 13% |
| Biology | — | — | 20% |
| Business Studies | — | — | 13% |
Applied, technical and other level 3 courses
| Subject | Qualification | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | BTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D* | 10 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | BTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D* | 8 | — | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (All) | — | — | — |
| Mathematics | GCE AS level (Not continued to A2) | — | — | — |
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.